Poland PM feels “quite well” after crash; safety a question
WARSAW, Poland — Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydlo is feeling “quite well” following her limousine’s crash into a tree that appears to have been caused by a young driver in another car, the interior minister said Saturday, but questions arose about the quality of the government agency protecting Polish officials.
Friday night’s accident in the southern town of Oswiecim was a second crash of a government limousine so far this year.
Interior Minister Mariusz Blaszczak told a news conference he had spoken with Szydlo, 53, who remains hospitalized and was undergoing tests at a government hospital in Warsaw. Szydlo told him she was feeling “quite well” and thanked all those who helped her after the crash, he said.
Blaszczak then addressed security concerns. He insisted Szydlo’s three-car convoy observed all traffic rules and had their warning lights and sirens on as they were passing a small Fiat. Her driver was an officer with 15 years of experience.